Edwards vs Bosuku

Who won Edwards vs Bosuku?

Fabian Edwards beat Jonathan Bosuku by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 223, on Saturday 22nd June 2019 at SSE Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Fabian Edwards.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Edwards vs Bosuku stats

Fabian Edwards stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Jonathan Bosuku made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Fabian Edwards' 12th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Fabian Edwards' Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Jonathan Bosuku's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Bosuku had an advantage in power over Edwards, with a 57% knock out percentage over Edwards' 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edwards had a massive advantage over Bosuku, boasting a 43% submission rate over Bosuku's 0%.

Fabian Edwards was the older man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Edwards had a height advantage of 3 inches over Bosuku.

Edwards was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 3 years and 3 months later than Bosuku, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 44 to Bosuku's 27.

Edwards vs Bosuku form

Edwards had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Gegard Mousasi at Bellator MMA Paris on 12th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had beaten Charlie Ward at Bellator Milan on 29th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Lyoto Machida at Bellator 281 on 13th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had lost to Austin Vanderford at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

He had been beaten by Costello van Steenis at Bellator Euro Series 8 on 26th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud, Milan, Italy.

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Edwards' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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